#6 Aerospace Manufacturing and Design’s Best of 2021: Hypersonics technology consortiums can help fill the workforce gap

The development of hypersonic flight systems, though around for decades, is now a top defense priority in the United States, bringing the field into a rapid state of growth and change. Being a unique, multi-disciplinary field, the challenge is sourcing experts who possess the necessary skill sets to promote its growth. However, when there aren’t enough experts, it creates innovation gaps, such as keeping design for manufacturability (DFM) top-of-mind at the R&D stage, translating to manufacturing gaps later on when it’s too late to make cost-efficient changes.

Consortiums, such as the newly established University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH), provide an important setting for cultivating the talent needed to advance the field. Students can collaborate directly with university researchers and industry professionals to develop technologies and advance crucial hypersonics research.

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